APPENDIX. 
Snake, No. 5, upwards of eight feet in length, of a 
darkifh colour, varied with fpots and marks of a dull yellow: 
the belly alfo is of a yellowifh colour. The fcales are fmall 
in proportion to the fize of the animal ; the tail gradually 
tapers to a point. 
SNAKES. See Plate containing Two Figures. 
No. I. Small, about fourteen inches in length, 
coated with very fmall fcales, and varied with irregular 
markings of yellow on a dark brown or blackifh ground. 
It is probably a young fnake. 
No. 2. Small, about fifteen inches in length, and 
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fafciated with alternate bars of black and white. 
None of the above Serpents appear to be of a poifonous 
nature : they belong to the Linnaean genus Coluber j yet 
No. 5. has fome characters of the genus Anguis. 
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INSECTS. 
